SKETCHING – PLEIN AIR PAINTING – ART….WAYNE JOHN JACQUES, AIA

My nephew Cam is in a wonderful performance of Fiddler on the Roof this weekend. The musical was produced by The Little Theater of Fall River and was performed in the theater at Bristol Community College. Cam is in multiple scenes as a Russian and dancer. He is so talented and did a wonderful job. Fiddler on the Roof is a musical based on book by Joseph Stein. The setting is Anatevka, a small village in Russia in 1905, on the eave of the Russian Revolutionary Period. The story is based on Tevye the Dairyman and his 5 daughters as he attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family’s lives. He must cope both with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters, who wish to marry for love – each one’s choice of a husband moves further away from the customs of his faith – and with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village. This is an image from the cover of the playbill and is done in Prismacolor black pen with Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.

Wayne J. Jacques, AIA

I am a full time registered Architect and a Principal at a Hospitality Design Firm. Outside of Architecture, I have always had a passion for sketching that started as the focus of European Studies Program through Oklahoma State University. I keep daily sketchbook journals and travel journals when I have the opportunity to travel. A Sketchbook Odyssey will allow me to explore my corner of the world and document my observations in pen & ink, watercolor and pencil.
Education: Oklahoma State University - Masters of Architecture
Interests: Travel - Sketching - Painting - Bicycling - Kayaking